Added project Import in the “Project Library”. Will import older projects, versions 5,6,7 and will export a copy of a VSD8 project. It will make a copy of all the older files selected and a new .pyr.
Export will export to versions 5, 6 , 7 or make a copy of version 8 projects and selected files.
Direct open/import from the “File menu” of “Scripts”, “Effects Manager”s, Sorts and Filters from versions 5,6, and 7.
Copies of original version files will be saved as “samename”. “file extension”.bak in the same folder.
Older projects can not be opened directly from the File Menu, they need to be imported with Project Library.
Added new Script columns; MACRO,GROUP,TABLE,MODE, CUSTOM 3>8, LOCK1 -> LOCK8 columns added to Script. 10 character strings. Included in Filter and Sort. This will support future firing system upgrades.
The new columns are initially hidden and you can show them with the show/hide tools in the format toolbar.
Added new columns to “Script and Effects Manager” grids: Custom3-5. The columns from effects overwrite the values in events. Events also got three additional Custom (6-8) that do not get over written as they don’t exist in effects. All new columns are shown.
REF column widened from 16 to 50 characters
The Script export and import have been expanded to include the new columns. Script import (from .xls) will also import older scripts that do not have the new columns. The new columns will be blank.
The Effects Manager export and import has been changed from .csv to Excel (.xls) format.
Cue Time (HH MM SS FF) remain in frame rate. We have added a MS (milliseconds) column that contains the Cue Time represented in total milliseconds. If you change any of the Cue Time values, the MS column will update. If you change the MS column, the Cue Time values will update.
The Next column has been changed to allow edits. This makes the interval between two cues as settable. If you change the value of in the Next column, the Cue Time and MS will update. If other Next values exist, than all following Cue Times will also update with their intervals. Thus, if you change a Next time interval, you slide the entire show by that much time. How this effects the show can be manipulated by the filters and selections you have in place at the time of the edit to the Next value. CopyDown and AutoComplete also works for the Next column allowing you to generate linear and curved interval sequences. A valid Next edit can be as a number from 1 on up as milliseconds or in the format of mm:ss:ms (minutes, seconds, milliseconds), however the display will always show mm:ss:ms.
It is also possible to Copy parts of the NEXT column and Paste in other Cues to set the same intervals.
Increased the precision of the PFT (Pre-Fire Time) from 1/10s of a second to milliseconds. You can enter any number from 1 (millisecond) to 99999 (almost 100 seconds). Zero is still valid and indicates no pre-fire time. This change should be reflected in both the Script and the Effects files. When exporting to previous versions it will reformat the PFT as 1/10 sec. When importing from older versions it will convert 1/10 sec into milliseconds. When creating the Firing Table .tab for the PD Field Controller it will export as 1/10sec.
Added Major Version number (8) to the .grx and .atb filenames. This will help facilitate the organization and addition of new columns and tools to ShowDirector.
The default toolbar (.atb in appdata/roaming/ShowDirector) when it opens does not show all the toolbars possible. To Open other tools bars, right click in the grey area and select them from the menu or from Customize.
The default grid (.grx in appdata/roaming/ShowDirector) has a new order of columns and doesn’t show all the columns possible. If you wan to reorganize this default grid, show more columns or hide other and in different order, do the following. Reopen ShowDirector, do not open a project, Open a new script, show/hide and reorder, do the same with toolbars shown/hidden and distribution. Close the script. Restart Show Director. The new default layout will be displayed. Colors for colors are only part of a Project. If you wan to use a particular project layout, make a template and every time you make a new project open the template first and save the new project with new name.
Project Save As… Makes a copy of the existing .grx and .atb files and copies them to the new project before it saves. This fixes the missing column colors/formatting in the new project if the script windows was closed.
All ShowDirector Managers Grids now support Column Cut and Paste. It is limited to columns on the same grid and of the similar data types. Some data types can’t be copied between columns (for example, while you can put a CUE number into a text field such as CUSTOM3, you can’t put that CUSTOM3 value back into the CUE).
To copy a column or a section of it: select the cell to start, press Shift and select the last row, press Shift-F4 or the icon tool in the Sort/Filter toolbar, click in the cell you want to start the paste and press Shift+F5 or icon tool.
Module and Pin AutoComplete. You can AutoComplete incrementing or decrementing by any amount. Currently the maximum pin value is 32. This should later be changed to be settable in the Show Director settings.
To AutoComplete select first cell and shift last row and press CTRL+F9
AutoComplete of number types no longer need to be the same length. The number compare function zero pads the values out to 15 places before comparison. Should work correctly on all columns where the values are Numerical types
Reset Address, Renumber Address and Validate Address now work on both ADDR column and the new MODULE/PIN columns. When you run the menu items, it works on both the ADDR and MODULE/PIN. The new Renumber Address dialog for ADDR and Module/Pin will dynamically display the Script Sort you have (up to 10 columns) that can be selected to cause the Renumber to increment to the next Module when that value in that column changes. It also allows you to specify if you want the pin addresses to increment or decrement (default). Once a module is full, we increment to the next module. The Reset Address also has a new dialog that allows you to specify either ADDR or MODULE/PIN columns (or both) for reset.
Script and Effects QuickFilter are additive now. If you have a filter in place and select a new QuickFilter, it will add to the end of the existing filter. This continues until you select Reset Filter.
Added universal Find/Replace in all the Managers. Shift+F3
The menu item Firing Manager has been renamed Firing and its dropdown now includes PyroInfinity Manager and PyroDigital Manager. PyroDigital Manager is the previous Fire Table Mgr with the PyroInfinity Manager a new dialog to manage the download of files to the new PyroInfinity Field Controller.
SDTools .scr/.scx import and export correctly support CUE->ID and CUSTOM1-2 to SLAT/CUE (will become Module/Pin in version8 update)
Fixed several minor defects that resulted in ShowDirector exiting (crashes).
